Vehicle-step.



PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. ERRBT. VEHICLE STEP.

APPLIGATIUN FILED MAY 15, 1905.

INVENTOR wlrnsssl JOSEPH ERRET, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VEHICLE-STEP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed May 15, 1905- Serial No. 260,430.

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the ac-- companying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a top plan view of my improved stepin position, and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

My invention relates to the class of vehiclesteps, and is designed tocheapen and improve their structure, more especially the means forclamping them to the support.

Heretofore the shanks of such steps have been forged, a clip beingforged integral therewith and arranged to embrace the shaft or supportto which the step is fixed.

My invention consists in making the clip separate from the step-shankand interfitting them, so that the step-shank may be cast, if desired,thus cheapening the construction.

In the drawings, 2 represents the step, and

'3 the curved shank, having an upwardly-recessed head 4. This head isprovided with a curved recess on its top, the inner portion of whichleads into a vertical hole 5, extending down through the juncture of thehead and step-shank, as shown in Fig. 2. The curved top recess and holeare shaped to receive the clip 6, which has legs 7 7 to embrace the axleand axle-bed 8 and 9 or other support.

In order to hold the head or base of the step-shank more firmlyin place,I may provide a transverse ridge portion 10, as shown in Fig. 2, whichwill be drawn down into the axlebed when the legs of the clip are drawndown by the bolts 11 bearing against the clip-bar 12.

I have shown thethin side portions of the head as extending down to alevel underneath and at the sides of the U-shaped clip; but it will beunderstood that these portions may be of varying length, and theinterlitting of the clip and shank-head may be carried out in. otherways Without departing from my invention.

The advantages of the invention lie in the cheapness of construction,since step, shank, and head may be cast and the wrought clip appliedthereto, and also from the neatness of appearance and strength of thestructure.

Many variations may be made in the form and arrangement of the partswithout departing from my invention.

I claim The combination of a step-shank having an upwardly-recessedarch-shaped head, adapted to span the upper portion of an axle, and aseparate clip extending through the recess and embracing said head andaxle and arranged to secure the step-shank in place on a support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH ERRET. Witnesses:

Enron W. KATH, EMIL W. JAITE.

